linux-kernel - Re: linux-4.7-rc2/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c: 2 * bad if test ?

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Message-ID: <2e0e2f2f-6e19-6727-fbc2-0712e32da18e@gentoo.org>
Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2016 18:12:04 -0400
From:	Joshua Kinard <kumba@...too.org>
To:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	David Binderman <linuxdev.baldrick@...il.com>
Cc:	a.zummo@...ertech.it, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dcb314@...mail.com
Subject: Re: linux-4.7-rc2/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c: 2 * bad if test ?

On 06/07/2016 11:30, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 07/06/2016 at 16:18:31 +0100, David Binderman wrote :
>> Hello there,
>>

[snip]

>> Duplicate. Also in the same file:
>>
>> [drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c:265]: (style) Variable 'ctrlb' is assigned a
>> value that is never used.

This looks like it can be removed.  I believe it's a relic of before I added
the handling of either BCD or Binary modes for the SGI Octane's RTC interface.

>> [drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1685.c:812]: (style) Variable 'ctrlc' is assigned a
>> value that is never used.

This needs to be wrapped in #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_DS1685_PROC_REGS, as the value of
'ctrlc' is displayed in /proc/drivers/rtc if that kconfig option is selected on
supported systems.

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